Chapter 23: Mixed Feelings of Division 3
"But this time, Military Advisor Ji also had a great opportunity. The paper book he got had been shattered and the layer of fairy protection was eliminated when the storage bag exploded, so it was easy to see the contents of the book. The fairy method recorded in this book should be owned by a certain poison cultivation fairy sect. This fairy method uses poison to enter the Tao. First, after sensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth entering the body, it uses a special secret recipe to refine it, using juice refined from a variety of poisonous herbs as a medicine, and then absorbs it into the body. Then, while absorbing the external spiritual energy, it uses mental power to drive the spiritual energy to refine the juice, and then makes the spiritual energy grow and store it in the body to strengthen the tendons, veins and internal organs. Finally, he completed the Qi Condensation and entered the first level of the Qi Condensation period. This method of cultivation is not the right way. It is not like the Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian immortals who practice step by step and steadily. Instead, they use the power of poisonous grass to forcibly cleanse the meridians and marrow, so that the body can be strengthened and the meridians can be widened before the first level. To be honest, it is really an unconventional method.
In addition to having a great opportunity, this military advisor is also an extremely ruthless person. First, he dares to try to sense the spiritual energy even though he does not know whether he has spiritual roots. Especially those who have practiced secular internal skills, they cannot distinguish between the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the internal strength they have cultivated. First, if he had no spiritual roots, and took his internal force as spiritual energy, and then continued to refine the juice of those poisonous herbs into his body, he would die immediately; second, this technique matched his physical attributes, otherwise it would be extremely difficult to succeed. He had a four-attribute mysterious spiritual root physique, and happened to be the best wood element. This technique happened to be the entry-level technique of the wood element, which complemented each other.
After he got the book, he was happy and planned to practice it, but this immortal method was to enter the Tao through poison. The beginning of the book also recorded the method of preparing this secret recipe. For such an entry-level small recipe, there would naturally not be any herbs that were too difficult to find, otherwise it would be difficult to succeed. To enter the sect, one needs natural materials and treasures. This sect has long been destroyed, but this is only for the sect. The several herbs required in this formula are extremely rare in the mortal world, but this is not too difficult for the "Xunxian Lineage" who walks in the deep mountains and primitive forests all year round. Therefore, Master Ji quickly found most of the herbs, but in the end there were still two herbs that could not be found. These two herbs are very important for blending the medicinal power. Otherwise, when absorbing, because the power of these poisonous herbs cannot be neutralized, it will make the person who absorbs the juice extremely painful. "Speaking of this, the old man looked at Li Yan again.
Li Yan was silent. At this moment, he knew why the practice was so painful. It turned out that there was a lack of herbs to blend the medicinal power.
"After another two years of searching, Military Advisor Ji finally found another herb, but he could not find the last one no matter what. His ruthless character was clearly revealed at this time. When he was short of a herb and had not yet determined whether he had spiritual roots, he began to practice the method of introducing the herb into his body. However, it was destined that the method and his spiritual roots were consistent. Although the process was painful, after 49 days of practice, he successfully entered the first level of the Qi Condensation Stage.
However, he did not know that this entry formula of the Immortal Sect was as low-level as it could be, but it was already a classic. After tens of thousands of years, even hundreds of thousands of years, or even millions of years of hard work and refinement, it has long been simplified and cannot be simplified any more. Each herb has its own special function. It is not that because it is not the main herb, but only an auxiliary herb, the lack of it can be ignored. Although he has advanced to the first level of the Condensation Period by forcing himself to practice like this, he has already planted the seeds of disaster. The medicinal power of those herbs that lack a harmonizing function cannot be completely refined, and there is still a lot of it left in the body. Over time, the poison fire will slowly begin to grow. At first, there were not many signs and symptoms, but as the third military division With the gradual improvement of cultivation, after several years, the remaining medicinal power in the body that had not been refined had slowly grown and began to form fire poison. The initial performance was just like what you felt some time ago, irritable and stuffy, but at this time he had cultivated to the second level, so he could still suppress it. He thought that with the improvement of cultivation, the mana in his body would eventually be able to eliminate these fire poisons, so he cultivated while looking for ways to calm his mind.
He learned from the introduction of the introductory paper book that he had to cultivate to the third level of the Qi Condensation Stage before his consciousness could leave the body, so that he could read the jade slips. And the things in the jade book, so he couldn't open the jade book and jade slips for the time being, so he didn't know if there was a solution. So he found the simplest way, such as going to the cold wasteland, immersing himself in musical instruments, etc. In this way, he actually cultivated to the third level of Qi Condensation Period. When his consciousness could leave the body, he excitedly used his consciousness to read the jade book and jade slips. He naturally couldn't open the jade book. When he opened the jade slip, he first learned that the jade slip and paper book were a set of exercises. Of course, he was even more excited, thinking that he should be able to find a solution from it, but the final result shocked him.
The front of this jade slip records the Qi Condensation Formulas for the fourth to tenth levels of this immortal technique, and the back of the jade slip really focuses on explaining the advantages and disadvantages of the formula. The advantage is that if this medicine liquid enters the body and is combined with appropriate exercises to enter the door, the person's body will be much stronger than people of the same level in other sects. This will become more and more prominent in the later stages of practice, which can greatly enhance combat effectiveness in battles, and the speed of this practice is far faster than that of the orthodox immortal techniques, and the time is incomparable; the disadvantage is that if the formula is not used properly and practiced forcibly, the result will be fire poison in the body, and this fire poison will be accompanied by the body's spirit. The fire poison in the body will multiply at a crazy speed when it reaches the peak of the third level of Qi Condensation. It will not give the practitioner any chance at all and will immediately break out, causing the practitioner to die due to the reverse flow of Qi and blood and explosion. But if you want to stay below the peak of the third level of Qi Condensation without practicing, that is also wishful thinking. The fire poison will grow and strengthen itself every day. You must practice and improve your realm to suppress it. Otherwise, you will die early. This is a vicious cycle. You know you will die, but you still have to move forward step by step. Seeing this, Master Ji was so angry that he cursed and almost had a heart attack. In the world of immortal cultivation, especially the sects that have been passed down for thousands or tens of thousands of years, which sect does not have a set of protection measures for its own techniques? Even if it is just the lowest-level entry-level techniques, they will do something targeted. Therefore, these things are not explained in paper books, because they are afraid that if paper books are accidentally leaked to the outside world, even if someone gets them and practices, they may deliberately not explain some details. When they find out later, it is too late, and the fate waiting for them is basically a tragic death.
Such a result made him shocked and angry, so he began to look for solutions everywhere, until one day, he met a senior in the foundation-building period, and coincidentally, this cultivator also came from the "Xunxian lineage". However, if the mana of this foundation-building cultivator was used at that time, it would still be possible to help him sort out and remove the fire poison in his body without hesitating to consume his own true essence. But in the world of cultivating immortals, the law of the jungle is followed, the strong prey on the weak, and killing people at the slightest displeasure can be said to be everywhere. Often when encountering immortal cultivators of lower levels than oneself, or lone cultivators, they basically kill people to rob treasures. He was lucky to be alive this time. Firstly, his level was too low, and the foundation-building cultivators looked down on him. How could a rookie who had just entered the immortal path have any treasures? Secondly, because he was also from the same "Xunxian lineage", he was not killed.
Ji Junshi finally found a senior master who could talk to him. How could he miss this chance to survive? He begged hard, but the master naturally would not help him to use his power to cure the poison. But in the end, because they were from the same lineage, he still pointed out a way to survive for him. He told him that if he could practice to the fourth level of the Qi Condensation stage, he might be able to clear the fire poison in his body, but the probability of this was not very high. After all, this method clearly stated that when he practiced to the peak of the third level of the Qi Condensation stage at most, the fire poison would burst out and the blood would rush back and die. There was no time for him to continue practicing.
Another method is to delay the time from the beginning of the third level of Qi Condensation to the peak as much as possible. If a young cultivator who also practices this technique can be captured during this period, the spiritual power in the young cultivator's body can be forcibly absorbed to reach the fourth level of Qi Condensation in a one-time surprise attack. If successful, the fire poison in the body can be removed. If it fails, both of them will die at the same time.
This method is conditional. First, the two people must practice the same technique, so there is no conflict between their techniques. Second, the selected cultivator must practice to the peak of the first level, and can only and must practice to this level. If the selected cultivator's skill is too high, with his third level of cultivation, absorbing it will basically cause backlash on the spot, let alone impacting the fourth level, it is estimated that he will explode and die directly; if the selected cultivator's skill is too low, the spiritual power in his body is not enough for him to impact the fourth level, it is also a waste of effort.
Afterwards, the foundation-building cultivator did not waste words and passed on this method of absorbing other people's spiritual power to Master Ji.
Although the method of absorbing spiritual power mentioned by this foundation-building cultivator is not a secret method in the world of immortal cultivation,
there are very few people who use it. First of all, regardless of whether the result is successful or not, the unlucky low-level cultivator who is absorbed will lose all his vitality and die on the spot, with a miserable end. At the same time, this kind of absorbing other people's spiritual power for one's own use is not easy to succeed, and the probability of success is not very high. First, the attributes of the method must be the same, otherwise one's own spiritual power and the absorbed spiritual power have different attributes, and the repulsion between the spiritual powers can directly kill people. Second, this way of improving cultivation is very cost-effective. Even if it is the same method, the spiritual power of different people must be assimilated in the end. This requires a long period of seclusion and refining, from a few years to dozens or hundreds of years. It depends on how much spiritual power is absorbed from the other party. At the same time, no spiritual power can be used during this period, otherwise the two spiritual powers will be disordered and the person will go astray. With this time, it is better to practice safely on your own. Third, this practice is despised by the world of immortal cultivation. Although it has not reached the point where everyone wants to kill them, if you really encounter such a person, most people will attack him in groups. Therefore, this kind of practice will only be used when it is a last resort, and it is basically a useless existence.
This foundation-building cultivator also told Master Ji that he was only speculating whether the fire poison in the body could be removed at the fourth level. But even so, Master Ji knelt down to thank him profusely. The senior at the foundation-building stage finally gave him three packets of "Qingxin Powder". This medicine is a low-level powder among the elixirs, which does not have much effect. People who have just started practicing are not easy to enter into meditation and are easily upset. This powder is used to make these low-level cultivators quickly calm their minds and hold the Yuan and guard the Oneness. But this is extremely necessary for Master Ji. In this way, he can greatly extend the time to suppress the fire poison.
After Master Ji got the guidance of the foundation-building cultivator, he tried every means to find a suitable candidate. Of course, the best source of such a candidate is to find the sect or family where this immortal method is located, and then find an opportunity to sneak in and find a person at the top of the first level of the Condensation Stage, subdue him and bring him out, and then let him absorb the spiritual power.
But he would never dare to do this. First, he didn't have the guts. Even if he did, with his low-level cultivation, he would probably be blasted to pieces before he could pass through the sect protection formation as soon as he found the place.
As a member of the ancient "Xunxian lineage", Ji Junshi knew that if a person like him secretly practiced the immortal method of a sect or family, the sect or family would know about it. Basically, he would be killed directly. Secretly practicing the immortal method of another sect or family without permission is a big taboo in the world of immortal cultivation.
In addition, the immortal method he got was found next to a pile of dry bones. The stronger the immortal cultivator, the longer the bones will be preserved after death. He didn't know how long the pile of dry bones had been preserved. It was possible that the sect or family had already disappeared in the long river of history. Where could he find this sect or family? In this case, Ji Junshi's chance of survival was extremely slim. "